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Senegal
McKinsey consultancy quietly involved in urea plant project

The American consulting giant has supported the state oil company Petrosen in conducting two studies into the feasibility of a major project to build a urea plant. Dakar is counting on this initiative to reduce its dependence on foreign imports.

Angola
Lourenço relaunches privatisation of Angola's leading insurance company

João Lourenço has relaunched the partial privatisation of ENSA in the hope of reducing public debt, estimated at 60% of GDP in 2022.

Congo
Ministers clash over import control programme

The Minister for Industrial Development and the Minister for Trade have been at loggerheads for months over the implementation of the programme for verifying the conformity of imported goods.

Angola
Luanda extends embassy network in Asia and Oceania

Angola is reviving efforts to extend its influence and its financial partnerships on the other side of the world through new diplomatic representations. But it is to close its Singapore embassy.

The New Guard
Madagascar, Morocco, Tanzania

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Madagascar Ketakandriana Rafitoson targets transparency

Morocco Ali Moutaïb, spin doctor on the up and up

Tanzania Geophrey Tenganamba, agriculture 2.0

Central African Republic
Baraldi Mines Centrafrique wins arbitration case against the government

The Central African Republic has been ordered by the International Arbitration Chamber of Paris to pay the Italian company €676,350 to compensate for its revocation of two mining exploration permits in 2021.

The New Guard
Benin, Namibia, Uganda

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Benin Olivier Pognon, state lawyer taking on multinationals

Namibia Emma Theofelus, new voice of transitional presidency

Uganda Resty Nabaggala, young founder of Here for Her

Ethiopia
IMF considers backing new Ethiopian liberalisation plan

The IMF is understood to be ready to back a new Ethiopian economic reform plan, which, among other things, will open up the retail distribution sector to foreign investors.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara reorganises Treasury management team

Alassane Ouattara is expected to appoint Arthur Augustin Pascale Ahoussi, deputy director general of the Treasury, to replace his former boss Konan Jacques Assahore.

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

The Angolan oil and gas regulator has authorised eight oil companies to take shares in 12 blocks that featured in a recent tender call. Once again, firms with close connections to the Dos Santos administration have been amply rewarded.

Angola
Agribusiness at heart of new Indian ambassador's mission

In order to strengthen agricultural cooperation between Angola and India and to take on already established players, New Delhi has appointed a former vet to head its Luanda embassy.

Algeria
Transport minister confines ferry to Bejaia port for repairs

The Algerian ferry Tariq-Ibn-Ziyad, belonging to the Entreprise nationale de transport maritime de voyageurs (Algérie Ferries), has been moored at the port of Béjaïa since mid-December 2023.